REGIONAL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MICHIGAN AND COLUMBUS

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for being the strategic accounting and finance business partner for division executive team and retail senior vice presidents (SVPs) for select retail divisions. Serve as the primary financial liaison between General Office and retail divisions, responsible for ensuring alignment and two-way communication on financial results, business plans and key strategic initiatives while ensuring compliance with all accounting and company policies/procedures. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Engage division executives and retail SVPs on financial performance of respective divisions; advise them of implications of past/forecasted results; collaborate on opportunities to meet or exceed financial plan

- Own forecast accuracy; engage division executives and retail SVPs on drivers of forecasted results
- Review and provide feedback on financial lines within annual business plan
- Review annual business plan with division executives and retail SVPs; ensure reasonableness of overall plan
- Review P&L line level detail during closing week; analyze financial reports to identify trends, discrepancies and opportunities
- Coordinate period and quarter reporting on financial results for division executives and retail SVPs
- Collaborate with division executives, retail SVPs and corporate Real Estate on store review, selection and prioritization for capital allocation, new, expanded, remodeled or closed stores based on financial model and data
- Track and reconcile annual capital spend for respective divisions
- Evaluate division financial statements for inconsistencies with generally accepted accounting principles and corporate accounting policies; communicate exceptions to Accounting Center/corporate controller
- Collaborate with other regional CFOs and corporate Accounting teams to identify, share and implement best practices consistently across all retail divisions
- Maintain control environment that supports complete/accurate financial reporting, including support/execution of division controls identified as key purposes of Sarbanes-Oxley
- Support divisions with mentoring, training and developing division finance team
- Travel up to 50% to Cincinnati and supported divisions outside of home geography
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum
- Bachelor's Degree
- Any experience identifying, sharing and implementing best practices
- 10+ years of experience in account/finance
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Ability to work in relational databases and/or data visualization software (i.e., Essbase, Tableau, PowerBi)
- Knowledge and experience of applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Understanding of how business decisions affect the financial statements
- Strong problem solving and organizational skills
- Proven ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent oral/written communication skills

Desired
- Master's Degree
- CPA Certified Public Accountant